Contact With Trial Jurors

(A) Under no condition shall an attorney or party personally or through any person acting for such attorney or party ask questions of or make comments to a member of that jury or the members of the family (for definition of family members, see Local Civ. Rule 47.03 (D.S.C.), supra) of such a juror until after such juror has been permanently dismissed from jury service and has left the courthouse premises.19 (B) Attorneys or parties who choose to contact a juror after such juror has been permanently dismissed and has left the courthouse premises do so at their own peril. Under no circumstances shall an attorney, party, or any person acting therefor, ask questions of or make comments to a member of that jury that are calculated to harass or embarrass a juror or to influence the juror’s actions in future jury service.